Our Named Lectures give you an exclusive insight into the latest research and understanding of diabetes treatment and care.
We're pleased to announce the awardees who will be delivering our Named Lectures at the next Diabetes UK Professional Conference in 2025.
Awarded through a competitive process, they are our keynote lectures, forming an integral component of the conference programme. They provide a platform to share recent developments in research and progressive thinking about diabetes care and recognise the lecturer's outstanding contribution to the field.
We are delighted to announce that the following speakers will deliver the Named Lectures at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2025.
Banting Memorial Lecture
Professor Jonathan Valabhji, Clinical Chair in Medicine; Honorary Consultant Diabetologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Campus, Imperial College London.
Aligning clinical practice, policy and research: Professor Valabhji will describe his personal, clinical, leadership and academic journeys and his work in the field of diabetes, including that related to the latest epidemiological transition to multiple long-term conditions.
Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture
Professor Ines Barroso, Professor of Diabetes, University of Exeter Medical School.
Diabetes: from genetic discovery to impact for patients: Professor Barroso will share her research journey and how her genetics expertise helped answer crucial questions for people living with diabetes.
Janet Kinson Lecture
Ms Jayne Robbie, Senior Podiatrist/Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University.
ACT NOW before it’s too late!: The lecture will present the development of the IDEAL Diabetes ACT NOW resources, from their inception just before the Covid-19 pandemic to the outcome of a national trial in primary and secondary care.
Congratulations to all the awardees. We look forward to hearing their talks in February 2025 in Glasgow. More details will be coming soon as plans for the next Diabetes UK Professional Conference unfold.
